. Sport . feel all this, but the stake Is so large; I amplaying for Clubfoot, and I dare not take thegame out of Donalds hands, knowing as I do howskilfully he plays It; otherwise In an ordinary stalkI require to see the cards a good deal more plainlythan I am doing here. So he departs, and is absentabout twenty minutes, while I, with the aid of asilent match. Indulge In a pipe. On his return, which he accomplishes so noise-lessly that he is within three yards of me beforeI hear him, he Informs me that there are somevery fine stags below that v/e could get In at,but that Clubfoot Is not
. Sport . feel all this, but the stake Is so large; I amplaying for Clubfoot, and I dare not take thegame out of Donalds hands, knowing as I do howskilfully he plays It; otherwise In an ordinary stalkI require to see the cards a good deal more plainlythan I am doing here. So he departs, and is absentabout twenty minutes, while I, with the aid of asilent match. Indulge In a pipe. On his return, which he accomplishes so noise-lessly that he is within three yards of me beforeI hear him, he Informs me that there are somevery fine stags below that v/e could get In at,but that Clubfoot Is not among them. He how-ever Is, no doubt, below the ridge, out of sight,and when Archie, who he can tell by the move-ments of the lowest deer has already commenced DEER-STALKIXG. 231 operations, shows himself a httle more, he willmove up to us. Anyhow, we must now be going;so, taking up the rifle, he brings my heart intomy mouth by drawing it half out of its coverand then as soon as v/e emerge from my shelter. A DWARF FOREST OF HORNS ATPEARS. we assume the all-fours formation and half crawl,half slide down a gentle slope for some a dwarf forest of horns appears, as thoughstuck in the ground, in our front. After some consideration, and looking well all 232 SFORT. round him, Donald inclines a little to his right andreaches a very slight undulation, in which we arerather better concealed, and with a gentle forwardbeckon of his finger summons me to his side, and—oh, moment of anxious delight!—hands me therifle, for which I clear away a sort of embrasureout of the coarse grass and moss before me, andwith eyes intently fixed on the tips of the hornswhich are less than lOO yards away from me, Iawait my chance. Tak time when they rise, sir,whispers Donald, with his mouth close to my ear ;** dont fire till I show him. I nod assent andthen we wait, and wait; often do we gently andimperceptibly shift the pressure of our bodies fromone side to the other to gain relief from t
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